verstärken

See also: Verstärken

German

Etymology

ver- + stärken

Pronunciation

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Verb

verstärken (weak, third-person singular present verstärkt, past tense verstärkte, past participle verstärkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to reinforce
  2. to amplify
  3. to penetrate
  4. (reflexive) to grow stronger
    • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 161:
      Ein fernes Pfeifen ertönte, klang immer näher, die Geräusche des herankommenden Zuges verstärkten sich, schwarz, pfauchend fuhr er ein.
      A distant whistling was heard, sounded closer and closer, the noises of the approaching train grew stronger, black, hissing it arrived.

Conjugation

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